Půta II of Častolovice

Půta II of Častolovice (also known as Půta the Elder; first name sometimes spelled as Puota or Puotha, last name sometimes spelled as Častolowitz or Czastolowitz; Czech: Půta II. z Častolovic; d. after 1402) was an east Bohemian nobleman. He was a member of the noble Častolovice family .

Půta II of Častolovice
Noble familyČastolovice
Spouse(s)Anna of Oświęcim

Půta was mentioned for the first time in 1365, together with his father of the same name (Půta I of Častolovice). During the life of his father, he was called "Půta the Younger", later, to distinguish from his own son, "Půta the Elder".[1]

He was married to Anna (d. between 1440 and 1454), a daughter of Duke Jan II of Oświęcim. They had a son and two daughters.[1] Their son, Půta III or Půta the Younger (d. 1434) was Landeshauptmann and later pledge lord of the County of Kladsko and the Duchies of Ząbkowice Śląskie and Münsterberg.

References

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  • Ludwig Petry et al.: Geschichte Schlesiens, vol. 1: Von der Urzeit bis zum Jahre 1526, 5th revised edition, Thorbecke, Sigmaringen, 1988, ISBN 3-7995-6341-5, p. 185–201
  • Joachim Bahlcke et al. (eds.): Handbuch der historischen Stätten – Böhmen und Mähren, in the series Kröners Taschenausgabe, vol. 329, Kröner, Stuttgart, 1998, ISBN 3-520-32901-8, p. 92, 825
  • Pavel Sedláček: Vztahy mezi Kladskem a Frankenštejnskem ve 14. a 15. stoleti, in: Kladský sborník, vol. 2, 1998, ISSN 1212-1223, p. 117–123, especially p. 118
  • Josef Gotthard Lašek: Častolovice nad Orlicí, jich dějiny a popsání, G.J. Lašek, Tábor, 1881, p. 4</ref>

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b Josef Gotthard Lašek: Častolovice nad Orlicí, jich dějiny a popsání. G.J. Lašek, Tábor, 1881, p. 4